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Bud Morphogenesis in Hydra

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It was previously thought that bud elongation was caused by cell division in the budding zone. Studies on hydra show, however, that reorientation and repolarization of tissues, and morphogenetic movement, are the principal mechanisms.

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CLARKSON, S., WOLPERT, L. Bud Morphogenesis in Hydra. Nature 214, 780–783 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/214780a0

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